US6431108B1 - System for keeping afloat any type of boat in case of a leak - Google Patents

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US6431108B1
US6431108B1 US09/831,265 US83126501A US6431108B1 US 6431108 B1 US6431108 B1 US 6431108B1 US 83126501 A US83126501 A US 83126501A US 6431108 B1 US6431108 B1 US 6431108B1
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  • This invention refers to a system to keep any type of vessel afloat when an emergency situation arises caused by the appearance of the entry of water, a collision, filtration, grounding, or any other situation, which provides essential new characteristics and notable advantages with respect to the systems that are known and used in the current state of the art.
  • the invention proposes the development of a system that provides sufficient flotation elements that are adequately effective in preventing the sinking of a vessel when an emergency like those specified earlier occurs. Activation is automatic, once the entry of water into the vessel has been detected and once the water has reached a predetermined level, said system providing flotation elements which are inflated automatically with the appropriate fluid and are in charge of keeping the vessel afloat for the time needed for different rescue and/or repair operations.
  • the field of application of the invention is in the naval industry dedicated to the manufacture and/or maintenance of ships, recreational and/or fishing boats and similar, as well as the rescue equipment for them.
  • Anti-shipwreck systems are known, of the type that incorporate one or several floats coupled outside the vessel, which increases the beam and which can be inflated with pressurised air when a situation of extreme. danger arises in the case of a leak (Spanish utility model U9403303).
  • U.S. Pat. No. 3,440,989 describes a fully organized, self-contained flotation unit adapted to be amounted inside a compartment of a boat, conveniently attached to the ceiling of the craft's compartment, and deploying the flotation elements inside the craft's compartment.
  • the main object of this invention is the provision of a flotation system that is quickly activated, able to anticipate any danger situation, and prevent a real risk for people, as well as being automatic, without the need for any intervention of the personnel on the vessel, once there is a particular elevation in the water level inside the vessel, and which will provide the means that will be capable of keeping the vessel afloat for the time needed for rescue and/or repair and/or towing of the vessel to a safe place, therefore solving the problems that exist in the known systems to obtain flotation of vessels without the requirement of auxiliary systems.
  • the flotation system of the invention foresees the use of detection devices inside the vessel to detect the height progressively reached by the water, so that once a predetermined level is reached, an automatic deployment mechanism is triggered.
  • This triggering is provided by the opening of one or more electrically operated valves, which supply a pressurised fluid, which may be compressed air, industrial oxygen, or any other gas, contained in one or more tanks at a specific pressure, and which, through the proper piping, carry it to the devices that deploy the aforementioned flotation elements.
  • a pressurised fluid which may be compressed air, industrial oxygen, or any other gas
  • a possible embodiment would consist of a mechanism enclosed inside a cylindrical body, capable of axial movement inside the cylindrical body when pushed by the pressurised fluid, and able to exit through a controlled area of the hull of the vessel and thereby allow the deployment of the flotation elements.
  • Many of these mechanisms will be arranged inside the hull of the vessel, as many as are deemed necessary to maintain flotation of the vessel in case of need, separated from one another by a predetermined distance.
  • Another possible embodiment has been planned to use a device that is made up of two cylinders that can be screwed together, which enclose the unfolding body. These cylinders have a larger diameter at their bases, which are adjusted to the exterior and interior part of the hull of the vessel.
  • the base of the exterior cylinder includes a pressurised sealed closure that is adapted to it, which when pushed by the pressurised fluid allows the flotation element to unfold.
  • the number of devices planned for use is that deemed appropriate to maintain the flotation of the vessel.
  • the installation of the system does not require physical or aesthetic alteration of the hull of the vessel; the flotation elements do not suffer any deterioration, and there is no risk of explosion, as occurs with other systems. This way, this system is more commercially acceptable.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of the activation and trigger system of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 also shows a schematic view of a possible embodiment of the mechanism for deploying the flotation elements.
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment for the aforementioned flotation elements
  • FIG. 4 is a representative detail of the means of the option in FIG. 3 adapted to the hull of the vessel.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a system conceived according the invention, enclosed in the interior space provided by the hull ( 1 ) of any type of vessel, and in which the different parts that make it up have been shown as blocks.
  • the system is made up of two clearly differentiated parts, consisting of an electrical section and a pneumatic-mechanical section.
  • the electrical part is made up of a power source ( 2 ) that provides the electrical energy needed to feed the different components, and may be recharged with the proper means, a device ( 3 ) that communicates the level of the water in the hull, transmitting a signal to an electrically operated valve ( 4 ) in charge of allowing the passage of compressed air or another fluid used and held in tanks ( 5 ) on board.
  • the device ( 3 ) is activated by virtue of the position that a flow meter or similar device (not shown) associated with it indicates progressively as water enters the interior of the vessel.
  • the tank ( 5 ) that holds the air, oxygen, or other gas used to deploy the flotation elements the electrically operated valve ( 4 ), one or more valves ( 7 ) of the bypass type, preferably manually activated, a regulation valve or regulation valves ( 8 ) designed to regulate the pressure in the circuits ( 10 , 11 ) of air intake to the devices to deploy the flotation elements, retention valves ( 9 ) located at the intake pipe ( 10 ) to the deployment devices ( 6 ) of the flotation elements, and the devices themselves ( 6 ) for the beam expansion, varying in number.
  • the regulation valve ( 8 ) it may be replaced, with equal effectiveness, by two pressure regulators.
  • the functioning of the system can be easily understood and is as follows: when water enters the vessel ( 1 ) caused by some accidental or chance circumstance, the level detectors ( 3 ) detect this entry of water by means of the movement of the flow meter element associated with said detection device, so that when it reaches a particular position of the flow meter corresponding to a maximum established level, these devices ( 3 ) close the circuit which automatically lead to opening of the electrically operated valve ( 4 ) and allows the passage of the pressurised fluid held in the container ( 5 ).
  • the mechanism has one or more bypass valves ( 7 ), which makes it possible to manually open the passage of the pressurised fluid held in the container ( 5 ).
  • the pressurised fluid circulates through the pipe ( 12 ), passing through the pressure regulator ( 8 ), the properly adjusted retention valves ( 9 ), until it finally reaches the beam expansion devices ( 6 ), where the trigger and unfolding mechanisms are activated for the flotation elements.
  • the deployment mechanism of the flotation elements may take different forms, without affecting the rest of the system.
  • the pressurised fluid provided when the predetermined water level is reached in the interior of the vessel may be applied to any mechanism capable of performing this function of deploying the flotation elements on the outside of the vessel.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of the arrangement of a mechanism that could be used for the purposes of the invention, and which has been constituted as a cylindrical exterior body ( 13 ) in whose interior an element ( 14 ) is housed, with the same cylindrical shape, and inside which the deployment mechanism is housed, and which can be moved inside the first one when subjected to the push of the pressurised fluid introduced by openings such as those described ( 16 , 17 ) in the FIG. in question.
  • This mechanism is included inside each device ( 6 ) described with reference to FIG. 1 . This way, when the means ( 3 ) causes the opening of the electrically operated valve ( 4 ), the pressurised fluid held in the container ( 5 ) circulates through the pipes continuously to the openings ( 16 , 17 ).
  • the regulation valve or valves ( 8 ) are, at this point, in charge of regulating the intake pressure of the fluid at each one of the openings ( 16 and 17 ).
  • the intake of the pressurised fluid through the opening ( 17 ) to the inside of the cylinder ( 13 ) causes the movement of the cylinder ( 14 ) inside the external cylinder ( 13 ) towards the outside of the hull.
  • the valve or valves ( 8 ) select, on one hand, the fluid pressure at the opening ( 17 ), needed to cause the movement of the cylinder ( 14 ) along the distance (d) and on the other hand, the pressure of the fluid that enters through the opening ( 16 ) needed to cause the unfolding of the flotation elements, as will be commented later.
  • the trajectory of the run of the cylinder ( 14 ), or in other words, the distance (d), causes, on one hand, the breaking of the bladder ( 19 ) by means of the ridge ( 18 ) and on the other hand, the exit to the exterior of the cylinder through the area (p) preset in the hull of the vessel.
  • the preset area corresponds to a controlled area of the hull of the vessel, with a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the cylinder ( 14 ), which is reinforced in its outside perimeter with a suitable material that prevents the uncontrolled breaking of the hull when the cylinder ( 14 ) is pushed to the outside by the pressurised fluid.
  • This fluid therefore, will act by allowing the inflatable flotation elements ( 30 ) located inside the cylinder ( 14 ), to be deployed at the flotation line level of the vessel, in order to keep it from sinking.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show an alternative embodiment in which the unfolding mechanism of the flotation elements consists of two cylinders ( 21 , 22 ), that can be screwed by means of providing, respectively, an internal and external area, whose bases have a diameter greater than the diameter of the cylinders themselves.
  • the larger diameter bases allow the adaptation and attachment to both the internal and external faces of the hull of the vessel, as shown in the aforementioned FIG. 4 .
  • the base ( 24 ) of the external cylinder also includes a pressurised closure ( 25 ), acting as a cover, without protruding from the base; this cover will be ejected by the push caused by the pressure of the fluid introduced through the opening ( 26 ), leaving the inflatable element located on the inside of the internal cylinder ( 22 ) free; this inflatable element in turn expands by means of the entry of the pressurised fluid.
  • a pressurised closure acting as a cover, without protruding from the base; this cover will be ejected by the push caused by the pressure of the fluid introduced through the opening ( 26 ), leaving the inflatable element located on the inside of the internal cylinder ( 22 ) free; this inflatable element in turn expands by means of the entry of the pressurised fluid.
  • Unfolding elements designed for the flotation of the vessel according to this invention are considered to be all those elements capable of increasing the flotation surface of the vessel by filling themselves with the fluid supplied at pressure as indicated earlier. These elements may be made up of a base of materials of the polyurethane type, polyamide, or similar. In particular, it has been observed that stitched polyamide cloth covered on one side with polyurethane with a composition of 50% polyurethane and 50% polyamide is especially advantageous for the purposes of this invention.

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